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Posted by Jochem Maas on 01/13/05 19:55
crap - hit 'reply' by mistake.
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Leif Gregory wrote:
> Hello Jochem,
>
> Wednesday, January 12, 2005, 8:08:09 PM, you wrote:
> JM> read the manual entry first (see below) - and understand what the
> JM> function actually does - never just assume because its giving you
> JM> the result you want now that it will always work the way you
> JM> expect.
>
> Don't be a 'tard... Just because someone doesn't explicitly state they
heh but who says I'm not a bar steward ;-)
> didn't read the manual entry first don't assume they didn't because
> you know what they say about assume.
sorry if it came accross a little harsh, but I stand by the point that
the onus is on the person asking the question to give an indication as
to what he has done to try and help him/her-self - spoonfeeding is for
babies, not programmers.
>
> So to make a troll happy, here's exactly what it does with one array
> given as an argument:
>
> "If only one array is given and the array is numerically indexed, the
> keys get reindexed in a continuous way."
happy troll here :-)
>
> Wow... Oddly enough that sounds exactly like what he wanted, and hence
> my suggesting it to him.
>
> JM> you think???
>
> Now.. On to the part where the "I think" applies.. Since they do not
> give an example of a single array being used as an argument, I had to
> rely on memory from when I needed to do that nearly four months ago.
>
> I know I used array_merge(), but I didn't remember if I had to assign
> it to a variable or not.
so my point stands - if your going to help why not grab the nearest
shell and test by way of a php -r '<test-code>'? takes just along as
writing both versions in the mail and makes _you_ look better IMHO.
>
> JM> hit the manual: http://www.php.net/array_merge (thats 30 chars to
> JM> type in the addressbar of your favorite browser and then you'd be
> JM> sure)
>
> No duh.... and if you're using Firefox, you can even do something
> really weird like give the php.net website a keyword (oh, "php" seems
> to work nicely), and set your location to "http://www.php.net/%s" and
> amazingly enough you can just type in "php array_merge" and
> automagically it takes you right there. That's only 15 chars... Much
> more efficient than your suggestion.
indeed it is! thanks for the tip :-) , I might add though that people
choose a close/fast mirror rather than www.php.net itself to help
offload some of the traffic - my preferred mirror is always way faster
the www.php.net, which is a nice when your hitting the manual 20+ times
a day.
BTW: took me a few mins to figure out where to set this: in the
bookmarks details dialog (via the bookmark manager - and possibly other
routes) if anyone else is interested.
>
>
> JM> probably array_merge() will do what he wants but there maybe
> JM> side-effects that will bite him in the ass later on, same goes for
> JM> my (previous) suggestion of array_values() as it happens <blush>.
>
> His array is numerically indexed. It does exactly what he wants.
I personally couldn't tell what exactly he wanted to filter out of his
array (false, '' or NULL) or whether he cared about the difference in
this case. I was merely trying to encourage porper understanding of the
function rather than using something which works under the current
conditions
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> Leif Gregory
>
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